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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Santa Monica, CA · July 31, 1994

Date
July 31, 1994 · 14:02 local
Place
Santa Monica, CA
Airport
Santa Monica Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N67796
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
42 total42 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: while landing at the Santa Monica airport, the aircraft's nose wheel contacted the ground first and caused the aircraft to bounce back into the air. The aircraft bounced three times and nose landing gear collapsed. Student and instructor counseled; additional training given to student with emphasis on bounced landings and go-arounds. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE LANDING AT THE SANTA MONICA AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE WHEEL CONTACTED THE GROUND FIRST AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE BACK INTO THE AIR. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED THREE TIMES AND NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR COUNSELED; ADDITIONAL TRAINING GIVEN TO STUDENT WITH EMPHASIS ON BOUNCED LANDINGS AND GO-AROUNDS. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.